Dear all,
Thank-you for all the links but I’m still missing app and species of the week suggestions. Please send in your Christmassy links for the last SEEN of the semester in a fortnight’s time.
Judith
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Volunteering
I don’t have any new opportunities for you in this edition. However, for those of you who applied for the Marwell Wildlife volunteering positions, don’t worry that you haven’t heard anything yet. You should hear within the next couple of weeks.
Careers
You may remember that a few weeks ago I told you about the Environmental Science career panel. Unfortunately only one of you attended because it was really good, lots of tips for getting ecological jobs. However, you can watch a lot of it on youtube. Isabel Felstead is a Biology graduate from here. She then did the MA in Environmental Science.
| Environmental Science MA EnvSci |
Alice Bowles (environmental researcher) | Yes | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLGoxAkKwzs |
| Environmental Science BSc EnvSci |
Simon Bray (Principal Marine Ecologist) | Yes | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMSpVSWzPc |
| Environmental Science BSc EnvSci |
Samantha Smith (Senior environmental consultant) | Yes | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roKHXZeYmIg |
| Environmental Science MA EnvSci |
Isabel Felstead (Project manager – Halcrow group) | Yes | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgKtA4_Lmjc |
Sandwich placements
2nd year students: are you interested in a sandwich year? The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust are advertising several placements now, some of which are in Hampshire. Interested students, who know they want to work with GWCT,  should get a CV, covering letter (describing what they want out of the placement and what skills they bring to it – this needs to give some idea of why they stand out from the crowd) and any references from lecturers – to GWCT by the first week in January. There is information on writing CVs and covering letters on the Careers destination website.
Find out more here:
http://www.gwct.org.uk/about_us/job_vacancies/default.asp
You can also contact me for more details.
Events
Joel Parker is giving a talk tomorrow evening at NOCS “The Mysteries of Ageing in a Marine Environment”. More details here: http://noc.ac.uk/news/marine-life-talk-%E2%80%93-1-december-2011
In the news
In the last edition of SEEN I included links to the current BBC series, Frozen planet. There are just 2 episodes left, tonight’s episode on humans living in the extreme cold, and next week’s episode looking at the effects of climate change. Zoe Harris (PhD student) sent me a link related to this on the Daily Mail website about how the climate change episode won’t be shown in the US, which is a bit sensational, the potential difference is to all non-UK broadcasts (thank-you Zoe):
This was also covered in the Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8889541/BBC-drops-Frozen-Planets-climate-change-episode-to-sell-show-better-abroad.html
The BBC has responded http://blogs.bbcworldwide.com/2011/11/15/majority-of-international-broadcasters-will-show-all-frozen-planet-episodes/
Rachel Nichols (1st year Zoology) sent this link about an albino hedgehog (thank-you Rachel) –http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8409188.stm
Nick Evens (3rd year Biology) sent this link looking at the conflict between wind turbines and wildlife (thank-you Nick) – http://www.epaw.org/multimedia.php?lang=en&article=b2 This is an interesting topic which maybe you could send in more links about.
The Nature News website has several articles about producing sustainable food. Make sure you read the comments at the end.
Sustainability –Â http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7374/full/479469a.html
Biotechnology –Â http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7374/full/479471a.html
Change Economic Policy –Â http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7374/full/479472a.html
What did the extinct cave lion eat? http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/11/dissecting-the-cave-lion-diet.html?ref=hp
Pregnant dolphins swim slower http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/11/baby-bumps-slow-dolphins-down.html?ref=hp
Reintroducing mocking birds to the Galapagoshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/nov/28/floreana-mockingbird-galapagos
A study repeated 25 years later looking at 2-spot ladybird colour shows a response to the climate change which has happened http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/11/ladybugs-changed-color-in-respon.html?ref=hp
First year students are currently writing an essay for their tutorials investigating how eukaryotes evolved from prokaryotes. Due to a mix-up, my tutees have already completed this essay and they all mentioned Lynn Margulis, so it was a strange coincidence to learn that she died last weekhttp://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/newsreleases/articles/141605.php
However, not everything she suggested was right, she was controversialhttp://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/rip-lynn-margulis-ctd/
Cognition in the wild – Biology Letters has a special editionhttp://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/site/misc/cognition_in_the_wild.xhtml
What makes us human? Is it teaching, rather than learning?http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/11/22/are-we-the-teachable-species/
Ravens use hand gestures to communicate http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ravens-use-hand-gestures
A lioness adopts a baby antelope –Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZw-1BfHFKM
App of the week
Instant wild is a new app from ZSL. Camera trap photos are sent to your phone and you identify the species in the photos.
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/instantwild/
Species of the week – Starling. A flock of starlings is called a murmur. November is the best month to see their spectacular displays, so as we’re now in the last day of the month we’ll have to make do with photos.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yahooeditorspicks/galleries/72157628004533911/
Remember to send me your Christmassy links!
Posted By : Judith Lock